diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 15f031ad6c..fc29cfb970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
         -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
         -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_DISABLE_SUPPORTS_TYPE_HINTS"
         -DPYBIND11_INTERNALS_VERSION=10000000
 
     # Checks to makes sure defining `_` is allowed
diff --git a/include/pybind11/cast.h b/include/pybind11/cast.h
index 4708101d80..338542060a 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/cast.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/cast.h
@@ -348,8 +348,10 @@ struct type_caster<T, enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !is_std_char_t
     }
 
     PYBIND11_TYPE_CASTER(T,
-                         io_name<std::is_integral<T>::value>(
-                             "typing.SupportsInt", "int", "typing.SupportsFloat", "float"));
+                         io_name<std::is_integral<T>::value>(PYBIND11_INT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT,
+                                                             "int",
+                                                             PYBIND11_FLOAT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT,
+                                                             "float"));
 };
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 16952c5829..0ab615b372 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -298,6 +298,14 @@
 #    define PYBIND11_TYPE_GUARD_TYPE_HINT "typing_extensions.TypeGuard"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PYBIND11_DISABLE_SUPPORTS_TYPE_HINTS
+#    define PYBIND11_FLOAT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT "typing.SupportsFloat"
+#    define PYBIND11_INT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT "typing.SupportsInt"
+#else
+#    define PYBIND11_FLOAT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT "float"
+#    define PYBIND11_INT_ARGUMENT_TYPE_HINT "int"
+#endif
+
 // #define PYBIND11_STR_LEGACY_PERMISSIVE
 // If DEFINED, pybind11::str can hold PyUnicodeObject or PyBytesObject
 //             (probably surprising and never documented, but this was the